Teddy Boys
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The Teddy Boys or Teds were a mainly British youth subculture originating in the early 1950s to mid-1960s and then revived in the 1970s who were interested in rock and roll and R&B music, wearing clot
Teddy Boys playing music at the Queens Hotel, 1977
Teddy Boys walking on a busy street, 1977
Typical black suede creepers fashionable during the 1950s
Bolo tie featuring Native American design
Zoot suit
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A zoot suit is a men's suit with high-waisted, wide-legged, tight-cuffed, pegged trousers, and a long coat with wide lapels and wide padded shoulders. It is most notable for its use as a cultural symb
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…sell to young officers being demobilized from the services. However, the style—featuring tapered trousers, long jackets similar to post-war American zoot suits, and fancy waistcoats—was not popular with its target market, leaving tailors with piles of unsold clothing which, to recoup losses, were sold cheaply…
Hispanic man in zoot suit
Man wearing a zoot suit c. 1942
Frank Tellez, a Mexican American man, models a zoot suit while arrested during the Zoot Suit Riots (1943).
Mexican American men were stripped of their zoot suits by U.S. servicemen in the Zoot Suit Riots. Despite being attacked, many were also arrested.